The violent hulking teen had three prior battery arrests before the attack on Naydich.
Depa’s attorneys have highlighted his mental deficits and argued he wasn’t competent to stand trial.
Now 18, the 6’6” Depa was initially charged as a juvenile.
Posted on 11/16/2023 7:59:25 AM PST by Morgana
Harrowing images released by a Florida teacher show the brutal facial injuries that she suffered at the hands of 270 pound teenage student at the school where she worked as an aide.
Joan Naydich was violently attacked by Brendan Depa, then 17 years old, at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, 60 miles south of Jacksonville, in February after she told him to stop playing on his Nintendo Switch.
The autistic 6-foot 6-inch teen, now 18, was seen punching and kicking the educator in the back and head until she lay on the ground unconscious. He pleaded no contest as an adult for first-degree aggravated battery.
As he faces sentencing on January 31, Naydich has called on the judge to give him the maximum 30 years in prison.
Her injuries included five broken ribs, concussion and a loss of hearing. The new pictures show gashes on the aide's cheek, bruising around the eyes, one blood shot eye, a dent in her nose and a tear at the back of her ear.
In a new interview with Fox Orlando, Naydich said the worst injuries are internal and that the attack deeply affected her cognitive functions. 'Unfortunately, a lot of my injuries that are not visible I'm going to have for the rest of my life,' she said.
Naydich was placed on an unpaid leave of absence shortly after returning to work in August under a different title and has been surviving on charity from the community.
Her revelation comes weeks ahead of a court hearing where Depa is set to be sentenced and Naydich is calling on the former student to be locked up for the maximum of 30 years.
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I think because of past federal education regulations, etc. they couldn’t institutionalize him. The law requires that he have the same educational opportunities as other normal students.
The problem is in Liberal LaLaland (and no land is more LaLaland then the professional education establishment!) reality is not even optional its ignored!
The violent hulking teen had three prior battery arrests before the attack on Naydich.
Depa’s attorneys have highlighted his mental deficits and argued he wasn’t competent to stand trial.
Now 18, the 6’6” Depa was initially charged as a juvenile.
I'm not impressed with recent "normal" education.
There is the problem. We do not have enough Mental Health facilities to treat these people and to protect society. Thank the Federal Court System for that.
Joan is fortunate to be alive.
This is the same rag (the Daily Mail) with the headline a few weeks ago stating that the teacher “refused” to suggest that the kid serve less time. They sure had no sympathy for her and her injuries at that time.
So pass a new law one that both institutionalizes and educates. How hard is that?
Maybe that little retarded girl Greta could calm him down like King Kong
There should be no hate crime laws nor should there be any deviance of punishment based on mental state or level. Unless in the most extreme cases where a person literally doesn’t know what they are doing.
Treat everyone the same by the law based on their crime period.
If someone is even remotely aware of their actions they should take the full punishment.
This slippery slope of weighing punishment by IQ level, age (beyond say 12 of age) , gender, social disfranchisement, equity, CRT, thoughts of hate will just continue leading to higher levels of violence.
IMHO it’s time to get tough on crime again.
“This is the same rag (the Daily Mail) with the headline a few weeks ago stating that the teacher “refused” to suggest that the kid serve less time. They sure had no sympathy for her and her injuries at that time.”
Probably because he’s autistic. If they still had long term nervous hospitals I for one would be in favor of him doing 30 years there. They would be better equipped than a prison than dealing with autism.
Come on dude this guy has the IQ of an ash tray. He’s a toddler in the body of a grown ass man.
Even his own parents were worried about him being in the public school and said so!
No one listened and now we have this.
Very hard! Why?
Answer:
It’s because it will require actual institutionalization that means bad political optics! The effort will challenged “ad nauseum” by Dickensian images and stories of institutional abuses & cruelties. Legions of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers & “crying mothers” will be paraded through both federal & state legislative committees saying how awful and unsupportive to treatment it is! Few politicians could withstand that PR onslaught.
Everyone deserves a chance at a normal life.
This guy’s chance expired with the first assault he committed. No way he should have been in the general population or school setting.
His rights ended when he began attacking the rights of the teacher. Hang him.
first-degree aggravated battery.
Looked more like attempted murder.
Which means he is even less valuable to society nor capable of being safe until he hits old age
give him 40 years no chance of parole. Again IMO.
Leave him unguarded around a Democrat elected official so we can ensure he really gets jail time. If he can use a video game, he’s not that slow. He’s just undisciplined.
I immediately thought of those two guys who worked with tigers, Siegfried and Roy, who had to retire after being mauled
That "law" should never have been passed in the first place; the Legislature should repeal it. It's an evil law. This creature belongs in a cage, not in a classroom.
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